Dessislava Kirova

Dessislava Kirova was born in Bulgaria and grew up in Berlin. She is a major in English and American Studies and Italian Philology. In 2014 she won the World Universities Debating Championship in the category English as a Second Language.

Column

70 years after the liberation of Auschwitz we experience a change of perspective in Germany – towards the future. It is an offer to the current generation that includes so many with immigrant backgrounds.

Debate

The German state must ban Hitler’s Mein Kampf for eternity and recognize that plain and outspoken rejection of Nazi ideology is a fundamental part of German democracy. This is the surest way to prevent history from repeating itself.